(October 1979)
Archie,
1973 Series
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 132
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1979-08-07
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Barcode
- 0271000699410
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
On sale date from the Comic Reader #171.
The Thing
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
-
from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #195 (July 1966)
-
Room for Improvement
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Gladys Jones; Hot Dog; Forsythe P. Jones II; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Jughead's messy room gets him in trouble with his mother, but also gets him off the hook with Ethel.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #233 (October 1974)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Moose! I thought you were supposed to be on a diet!
- Genre
- teen
The Collector
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- When Jughead's crow steals Veronica's rare red ruby ring, Archie risks his neck climbing a tall tree to get it back. By then Veronica has discovered that the stolen ring was actually one of her imitations, and lost interest. Archie gives Betty an imitation gold bracelet he found in the crow's nest; she's delighted because it came from Archie.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #209 (September 1967)
-
- Keywords
- crow; motor scooter
Heated Argument
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- When Archie loses a fight to Reggie, Betty claims it was because Archie was affected by the heat. Archie doesn't take this as a compliment, and insists he can take as much heat as Reggie can.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #189 (September 1971)
-
[no title indexed]
Veronica Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Say something romantic, Archie!
- Feature Logo
Veronica's Gag Bag- Genre
- teen
The Sport of Danger
Little Archie / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- adventure; children
- Characters
- Hiram Lodge; Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper; Little Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- While scuba diving with Mr. Lodge, the kids find pirate treasure.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #81 (September 1973)
-
- Keywords
- buried treasure; scuba diving
Twin Din
Reggie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Alice Baxter; Debbie Baxter; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Reggie uses a set of twins to play a prank on Archie.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #73 (September 1974)
-
Veronica's Double Check Code
Veronica / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- A crossword code puzzle that reveals a secret message from Veronica to Archie.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #280 (April 1979)
-
The All-Time Champ
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Vance Horton
- Synopsis
- The girls ignore Archie because they are obsessed with the handsome new lifeguard at the beach.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #230 (November 1973)
-
- Keywords
- lifeguard
Beware Brother
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton; Archie Andrews; Hot Dog
- Synopsis
- Chuck ribs Jughead about putting up a "Beware Of Dog" sign for Hot Dog.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #231 (August 1974)
-
- Keywords
- sign
Indexer Notes
No credits given for story. Art is easily identified as Samm (Sam) Schwartz's by his distinctive style.
[no title indexed]
Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The more I see of you, Archie, the more you remind me of Reggie!
- Genre
- humor; teen
The Case in Brief
Archie / comic story / 11 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Come in Archie, but please stay out of Daddy's hair!
- Feature Logo
Archie- Genre
- adventure; humor; teen
- Characters
- Dexter; Lennie
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge has two armed guards over at his house to help him guard a briefcase with $500,000 in it. Archie arrives at the house carrying his school books in an identical briefcase.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #34 (February 1965)
-
Indexer Notes
Story in 2 parts: Part 1 (6 pp.) & Part 2 (5 pp.) (both with separate pagination).
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It’s nice of you to invite me to the movies, Archie!
- Genre
- teen
Comic Books!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I love you, super-hero type man! You've been so good to me!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Li'l Jinx's dad
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx's dad gives her his collection of comics from when he was young. After reading them all, she sells them to a book store for much more money than anyone expected.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #197 (September 1966)
-
Pool Fool
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #61 (December 1973)
-
Mr. Bee - The Golf Prose
activity / 1 page
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #247 (August 1978)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey! I think we're lost, Arch!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie newspaper strip from unknown date
Reel Life
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica mistake two talent scouts for gangsters.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #203 (March 1967)
-
A Bad Sign
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Betty Cooper (cameo); Jughead Jones (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Reggie tries to get Archie in trouble with Moose by writing romantic signs all over about Archie and Midge being in love.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #39 (July 1965)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie and Me Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #21.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Go ahead, Jug, I got my wish last time I was here!
- Genre
- teen
The Cooking Agent
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Booking agent? Booking agent? Pops, I'm telling it like it is!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Jughead keeps booking the Archies into places that serve food and the rest of the band is not happy.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #171 (August 1969)
-
Home Made!
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie; Veronica; beachgoers
- Synopsis
- To save 75 cents for rentals, Archie makes his own beach umbrella. When it blows away he chases it down the beach, earning the wrath of beachgoers he tramples in the process.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #199 (November 1966)
-
- Keywords
- beach
[no title indexed]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Miss Beazly! The school board is dropping in for lunch!
- Genre
- teen
Sun-Burn
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If you want a sun tan dear, why not go out by the pool and get the real thing?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica has to go outside to get a tan when her tanning lamp breaks. After she talks about how much she hates the sun, Jughead and Archie claim she has offended "the great sun spirit."
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #177 (September 1970)
-
Indexer Notes
Though the story has a "Betty and Veronica" logo on the splash page, Betty Cooper doesn't appear in the story.
Strange Change
Reggie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #60 (January 1973)
-
[no title indexed]
Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What are you reading, Mr. Lodge?
- Genre
- humor; teen
An Archiefable
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- A narrator tells us the fable of Orangelocks and the three birds: Orangelocks, aka Archie Andrews, found that Bettybird was too warm, Ronniebird was too cold, and Midgebird was just right. Except for the little matter of Midgebird's jealous boyfriend.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #238 (September 1974)
-
There's a Catch!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen; children
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx praises Greg's catching ability.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #89 (June 1965)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Isn’t there some way to make an allowance stretch?
- Genre
- teen
Strike Streak
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #61 (December 1973)
-
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[Welcome to Happy Time Beach]
Archie -
1.
The Thing
Archie -
2.
Room for Improvement
Jughead -
3.
["Moose! I thought you were supposed to be on a diet!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
4.
The Collector
Archie -
5.
Heated Argument
Betty and Veronica -
6.
["Say something romantic, Archie!"]
Veronica Gag Bag -
7.
The Sport of Danger
Little Archie -
8.
Twin Din
Reggie -
9.
Veronica's Double Check Code
Veronica -
10.
The All-Time Champ
Archie -
11.
Beware Brother
Jughead -
12.
["The more I see of you, Archie, the more you remind me of Reggie!"]
Jughead's Gag Bag -
13.
The Case in Brief
Archie -
14.
["It’s nice of you to invite me to the movies, Archie!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
15.
Comic Books!
Li'l Jinx -
16.
Pool Fool
Mr. Weatherbee -
17.
Mr. Bee - The Golf Prose
-
18.
["Hey! I think we're lost, Arch!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
19.
Reel Life
Betty and Veronica -
20.
A Bad Sign
Archie -
21.
["Go ahead, Jug, I got my wish last time I was here!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
22.
The Cooking Agent
Jughead -
23.
Home Made!
Archie -
24.
["Miss Beazly! The school board is dropping in for lunch!"]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag -
25.
Sun-Burn
Betty and Veronica -
26.
Strange Change
Reggie -
27.
["What are you reading, Mr. Lodge?"]
Jughead's Gag Bag -
28.
An Archiefable
Archie -
29.
There's a Catch!
Li'l Jinx -
30.
["Isn’t there some way to make an allowance stretch?"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
31.
Strike Streak
Archie -
32.
Archie's Going in Circles
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- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Michael Hoskin
- Thomas Johnson
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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